How do I create a directory in C that will follow selinux file context rules?

[Miroslav Grepl]

On 03/24/2015 10:45 PM, Jayson Hurst wrote:
> I need to create a directory in a C binary.
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> I am currently doing something similar to this:
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> status = mkdir("/home/cnd/mod1", S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH);
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> But when the directory is created it ends up with the wrong SELinux context. It inherits it's parent's context and 
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> not the one defined in file context.

What is your OS?

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> Is there a C call that can be used that understands how to correctly create and label SElinux directories?
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Miroslav Grepl
Software Engineering, SELinux Solutions
Red Hat, Inc.